Indicator in all countries

Is the judiciary reported to be adequately and effectively combating racist violence/hate crime?

• Austria

  No.

• Bulgaria

  No.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  No, there are reasons to regard the judiciary as not combating racist violence adequately and effectively.

• France

  The judiciary is generally reported to be adequately combating racist violence/hate crime.

• Germany

  No.

• Greece

  No.

• Hungary

  No. No specific reports are availble.

• Ireland

  Judges John Neilan, Harvey Kenny and Sean McBride have all been reported as making racist comments in their courtrooms and in regard to sentencing, there has been no reprimands or charges laid against them.

• Italy

  No.

• Poland

  No.

• Portugal

  There is no assessment on the effectiveness and adequacy of the judiciary combat of racist violence and hate crime.

• Romania

  There is no thorough evaluation in this regard.

• Slovenia

  Courts do not keep any systemic records on basic criminal offences motivated by ethnic/racial or religious intolerance which does not enable assessment. Jurisprudence of Slovenian courts regarding Articles of the Criminal Code, specifically targeting hate crimes is very scarce.

• Spain

  No

• Sweden

  No.